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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1917
Page
3
Secretary McAdoo issued a statement urging passage of the constitutional amendment on suffrage in New York. He argued women are qualified for the ballot and urged prompt, generous action, calling for equal civil status after the war and leadership by New York to influence other states.
William F. Glover a longtime conductor of the Carl Rosa Grand Opera Company died in a New York hospital from pneumonia. Born in Dublin 65 years ago, he was son of J W Glover, noted Irish musician. He came to the United States in 1894 to conduct grand opera in Chicago and the West and later led orchestras for Joseph Sheehan Opera Company and Weber and Fields Music Hall.
Ayer Selectman Douglas Smith claims Army demands exceed local capacity as cantonment spawns higher taxes and fear among residents. He cites restaurant blacklist, deteriorating streets, and expanded police costs, arguing citizens gain little from the camp while burdened by expenses and safety concerns.
Ayer Massachusetts town debates funding road repair for the camp with army officials. Selectman Smith argues residents pay little benefit and suggests charging 25 cents per vehicle inside the cantonment. He recalls vandalism and immorality after the camp arrived and urges state and county support to share costs.
The German charge d affaires, after receiving his passports, sailed from San Jose for New York. He had prepared to depart since Costa Rica broke off diplomatic relations with Germany in late September. A separate item notes movie producers led by William A Brady traveling to Washington to challenge the motion picture tax law, seeking a meeting with President Wilson.
The food administration announced that all sugar owned by neutral countries in the United States awaiting export has options held by the government. It denied reports that neutrals would be pressured to sell sugar at a loss due to lack of export licenses.
The administration said neutrality sugar options would rise about 50 cents per hundred with tariff duty, yet the public price would stay at the government maintained level. It denied any restriction on neutrals selling to American manufacturers, citing market stability as the goal.
The administration states 26500 tons of sugar released to the American market last week to relieve a temporary shortage in the Eastern States. It notes 12000 tons were bought by France from neutrals and the rest secured earlier through the British commission. No one is suffering and conservation aids public awareness.
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